Thorenc - Col de Bleyne

alti:1525m
Approximately 400m top to bottom.

Beware of snagging lines on stones / shrubs on take-off. The wind can switch direction slightly, making launching a little tricky if you catch it at the wrong moment.

The site record is held by David Dagault for a 257km flight to Megeve on 8th May 1998.
Col de Bleyne is a southerly-facing site with a 400m top-to-bottom and excellent XC potential. There are an abundance of big fields to land in both in its own valley, and along the route to Saint André, although in spring and early summer grass is grown as crop, and fields containing it should be avoided. The Montagne de Thorenc is best flown in a light southerly meteo wind direction, although on a good, light-wind day thermals will be drawn up the front regardless.

The site is primarily a thermic site, so is most often used in Spring and summer, although people have been known to thermal there above snow-covered fields in winter!

Informations from http://www.flyozone.com/site_guide/cdb.asp

Takeoff altitude: 1513m